This fine ash tree, some 26'0'' (8.0m) girth, was a laid tree within a managed hedgerow and already old when the dry stone walls which define the present day field boundaries around Castle Farm were built.

Dimensions

26'0'' or 8.0m girth

Geographical area

Swaledale North Bank Catchment

Species

Ash

Additional Notes

This tree is one of the fine specimen trees of the Swaledale Landscape to be drawn by Mrs Jocelyn Campbell. It is imperative that good photographic records are made of the mature ash trees in the Swaledale Landscape which are now under dire threat from the pathogen introduced to Britain rently.

Image 1 ID

3836 Click image to enlarge

Image 1 Description

Layered ash tree,with Jocelyn.

Image 2 ID

3837 Click image to enlarge

Image 2 Description

The Castle Farm Laid Ash. Jocelyn's drawing.

Image 3 ID

3838 Click image to enlarge

Image 3 Description

The Castle Farm laid Ash, once within a managed hedgerow.

Image 4 ID

3835 Click image to enlarge

Image 4 Description

The Castle Farm laid Ash, once within a managed hedgerow. Careful observation will reveal the presence of othre relict hedgerow trees, earlier field banks and lynchetted boundaries which denote earlier, medieval or romano british settlements here.